Full Idea
Tokens are dated, concrete, particular occurrences or instances; types are the general properties that these occurrences exemplify or the kinds to which they belong.
Gist of Idea
Tokens are dated, concrete particulars; types are their general properties or kinds
Source
Mark Rowlands (Externalism [2003], Ch.2)
Book Reference
Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.20
A Reaction
It might be said that types are sets, of which tokens are the members. The question of 'general properties' raises the question of whether universals must exist to make kinds possible.